Texas Grids Supply Pros
Dallas October 15 Texas college stars flood the national pro ranks with 34 players in the major leagues and 40 when Southwest Conference ties are counted. Names include Sammy Baugh Davey OBrien Don Looney plus numerous guards centers and backs from Texas A and M Texas Tech Hardin Simmons and others across the NFL and the Rams Packers Bears and Eagles.
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Dallas
Special News Service
Texas
University of Arkansas
East
Midwest
Far West
Lone Star State
Southern Methodist
Sammy Baugh
Davey O’brien
Don Looney
Baugh
Temple
Sweetwater
O'Brien
Woodrow Wilson High
Looney
Sulphur Springs High School
Cleveland Rams
Owen Gonenight
Hardin Simmons
Riley Matheson
Texas Mines Guard
Gordon Wilson
Texas Mines
Green Bay Packers
Ernest Parnell
Texas A
Detroit Lions
Nabors
Texas Tech
Robert Nelson
Sailor
Charles Price
Brooklyn Dodgers
Bill Brown
Russ Cotton
Thurman
Tugboat
Didrikson Zaharias Shines In Texas Women Open Play
Babe Didrikson Zaharias, former Beaumont star, posted a 75 in the Texas Women's Open at River Crest CC and advanced 6 and 5 past Mrs. R. L. Bowen. She recalled she’d rather hang curtains at home, but husband George drove her to Fort Worth where Patty Berg also advanced in match play.
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Fort Worth
Babe Didrikson Zaharias
Beaumont, Tex
River Crest Country Club
R. L. Bowen
Lee Christopher
Mrs. Zaharias
George Zaharias
Patty Berg
Minneapolis
Minn
Bettye Jane Mims
Dallas
Miss Mims
C. J. Davidson
Miss Berg
Vincent Hoechst
Ten-year-old wins new play lot in Kansas City
In Kansas City a former dumping ground on Forty third street is transformed into a playground after 10-year-old Larry Stein writes to City Manager L P Cookingham. A WPA crew cleans the site and builds a ball diamond teeter totter and volleyball courts for local children.
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Kansas City
U.P
Lary Stein
Larry
L. P. Cookingham
Fortythird Street
Cookingham
WPA
Indian Service Aims to Preserve Individual Indian Cultures
Norman Oklahoma United Press reports that the Indian Service seeks to protect Indians as a distinct and colorful minority rather than force assimilation into white civilization. The policy emphasizes cultural preservation and autonomy for individual tribes.
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Norman
Okla
U.P
Precision of Plays Secret Of Successes
Texas football focus centers on backs Jack Crain and Pete Layden as Dana Bible builds a high speed, precise offense. Texas aims to dominate the Southwest Conference with a wary eye toward early bowl prospects while facing Arkansas in the opener and Texas A M versus TCU in a key clash.
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Tom W. Miller
Dallas
Tex
U.P
Texas
Jack Crain
Pete Layden
Panhandle
Dana Bible
Southwest
SMU
TCU
Texas A. & M
John Kimbrough
Bible
Nebraska
Crain
Layden
Oklahoma Sooners
Sooners
Pistol Pete
LSU
Southern Methodist
Fordham
Arkansas
Longhorns
Texas Christian
Rice
Tulane
Louisiana State
Baylor
Villanova
Auburn
Farmingham
Navy Faces Testing Clash With Cornell Mystery Team
Navy closes practice for a real test as it meets Cornell in a key East matchup. Cornell under Carl Snavely, despite heavy graduations, upset Syracuse and beat Harvard, prompting caution about a hidden plan for the Midshipmen game.
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New York
Navy
Midshipmen
Cornell
William and Mary
West Virginia
Lafayette
Carl
Fordham
Pennsylvania
Rams
North Carolina
Blue Ridge Mountains
Yale
Princeton
Columbia
Lions
Georgia
Lou Lit- Ye
Army
Dartmouth
Duquesne
Philadelphia
Temple
Villanova
Colgate
John
St. Vincent
Georgetown
Penn State
Baylor
VMI
Elis
Boston College
Clemson
Manhattan
Indian self government to aid tribes in progress
Donald McGregor of the U S Indian Service argues against the vanishing American image. He notes population growth in many tribes outpacing whites, social unity remains strong, and despite gaps in the economic program, tribes maintain cultural ideologies and religious beliefs while pursuing self government.
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Donald McGregor
U. S. Indian Service
McGregor
Indian Service
University of Oklahoma
Indian lands sale ban to preserve old way of life
A speaker argues worship and a prohibition on selling tribal lands will help Indians preserve their traditional lifestyle and enrich civilization. His remark frames land rights as cultural preservation and societal contribution.
Second Tarpon Jumps Into Fisherman's Boat
Fort Myers Florida reports that veteran angler W Ashby Jones and guide Newt Roan said a second tarpon jumped into their boat within two weeks while Jones attempted to land a big fish. The tarpon leaped from the water and landed in his tackle box.
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Fort Myers
Fla
U.P
W. Ashby Jones
Newt Roan
Jones
Oregon State Mentor Named Coach Of Week For Upsetting Stanford
Lon Stiner of Oregon State earns national coach of the week after the Beavers blank Stanford 10 0 at home. The 230 pound coach has built slim rosters into a tough unit and leads in the Pacific Coast Conference race with a win over Washington and a near Rose Bowl bid.
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Oregon State
Stanford
New York
Far Northwest
United Press
Lon Stiner
Paul Schissler
Southern California
Portland
Trojans
Beavers
Indians
U. S.C
Washington
St Marys Rattlers Face Cash Goal To Save Program
St Mary's Rattlers must earn 25000 this season to keep intercollegiate athletics alive at the San Antonio school. Coach Lloyd Russell leads a squad boosted by local patrons and a crop of ex players while relying on old uniforms and a double decker bus to cut costs.
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San Antonio
Tex
Footeballers
St. Mary's
Mose Simms
Lloyd Russell
Baylor
Russell
Rattlers
Sims
Punts And Passes Across Regions Highlight Local Sports
Baton Rouge ace Leo Bird from LSU trains as a flyer after Byrd High School. Milwaukee notes Marquette sophomore center Maceau wishes Roosevelt to move Christmas date. Auburn’s year begins with Crimmins and Cheathan as leaders. Columbia report finds a custodian mismarked a 115 yard field at South Carolina Stadium before Wake Forest game.
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Baton Rouge
Leo Bird
Byrd High School
Shreveport
LSU
Milwaukee
Wis
Mel Madi
Marquette
Presiden Roosevelt
Maceau
Columbia
S. C
University of South Carlina
Carolina
Wake Forest
Frank Johnson
Big Feet Man Seeks Demonstration Job In Shoe Firm
Arkansas woodsman Buster Scott claims the largest feet in the world and travels the nation to find a shoe firm to hire him as a demonstrator. He shows off size 42 feet in Kansas City and notes his feet measure 16 by 8 inches with 5 inch toes. He is 6 feet 3 inches tall and weighs 170 pounds. Scott is 4-F for the draft but not worried about Army service.
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Kansas City
U.P
Arkansas
Buster Scott
Snowball
Ark
Scott
Robert Waddow
Alton
Ill
Army debate over Snowball blacksmith induction
A statement questions whether the army would induct the Snowball blacksmith to craft shoes, implying hesitation about utilizing his services in uniform.
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